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St. Louis area schools join national walkout to protest gun violence

Students from thousands of schools participated in National Walkout Day by walking out at 10 a.m. for 17 minutes.
Students of Maplewood Richmond Heights School District hold the photos of victims from past school shootings

ST. LOUIS – Students and teachers nationwide walked out of their classrooms Wednesday to protest gun violence.

GALLERY:

March 14 marks one month since the shooting at a Florida high school left 17 people dead.

Students from thousands of schools participated in National Walkout Day by walking out at 10 a.m. for 17 minutes.

Empower, a national organization, organized the walkouts across the country.

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